'A Separation'

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The most recent Oscar winner for best foreign language film, writer-director Asghar Farhadi's modern drama observes the eroding of an Iranian couple's marriage.

The wife (Leila Hatami) wants to leave the country with their daughter (Sarina Farhadi, one of the filmmaker's offspring), but the husband (Peyman Moaadi) is reluctant to leave his ill father ... and more complications are in store when he hires a young helper. DVD extras: two "making-of" documentaries; audio commentary by Farhadi. *** (PG-13: AS, P) (Also on Blu-ray and Movies on Demand)